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The Help-Yourself City - Legitimacy and Inequality in DIY Urbanism (Paperback)
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The Help-Yourself City - Legitimacy and Inequality in DIY Urbanism (Paperback)
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When cash-strapped local governments fail to provide adequate
services, and planning policies prioritize economic development
over community needs, how do concerned citizens respond? In The
Help-Yourself City, Gordon Douglas looks closely at the people who
take urban planning into their own hands, dubbed "do-it-yourself
urban design." Through in-depth interviews with do-it-yourselfers,
professional planners, and community members, as well as
participant observation, photography, media, and policy analysis,
Douglas demonstrates that many do-it-yourselfers employ
professional techniques and expertise to enable and inspire their
actions. He argues that many unauthorized interventions are created
from a position of privilege, where legal repercussions are
unlikely, while people from disadvantaged communities where
improvements may be most needed face disincentives to taking such
actions themselves. Presenting a needed social analysis of this
growing trend, while connecting it to debates on inequality,
citizenship, and contemporary urban political economy, The
Help-Yourself City tells a street-level story of people's
relationships to their surroundings and the individualization of
democratic responsibility.
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